Bowling Best Figures Innings

Players

Best bowling figures in an innings

Player	Overs	Mdns	Runs conceded	Wickets taken	Econ	Team	Innings in match	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
ARC Fraser	16.1	2	53	8	3.27	England	2	v West Indies	Port of Spain	5 Feb 1998	Test # 1398
SM Pollock	41.0	11	87	7	2.12	South Africa	2	v Australia	Adelaide	30 Jan 1998	Test # 1397
M Muralidaran	42.5	13	94	7	2.19	Sri Lanka	3	v Zimbabwe	Kandy	7 Jan 1998	Test # 1394
BC Strang	10.0	2	20	6	2.00	Zimbabwe	2	v Bangladesh	Nairobi (Aga)	14 Oct 1997	ODI # 1242
PS de Villiers	11.5	5	23	6	1.94	South Africa	2	v Pakistan	Gqeberha	6 Mar 1998	Test # 1406
SK Warne	21.0	9	34	6	1.61	Australia	3	v South Africa	Sydney	2 Jan 1998	Test # 1393
L Klusener	10.0	-	49	6	4.90	South Africa	2	v Sri Lanka	Lahore	6 Nov 1997	ODI # 1252
SM Pollock	22.3	6	50	6	2.22	South Africa	3	v Pakistan	Durban	26 Feb 1998	Test # 1403
AA Donald	27.0	8	59	6	2.18	South Africa	3	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1997	Test # 1392
Mushtaq Ahmed	37.0	13	78	6	2.10	Pakistan	4	v South Africa	Durban	26 Feb 1998	Test # 1403
Waqar Younis	23.0	6	78	6	3.39	Pakistan	1	v South Africa	Gqeberha	6 Mar 1998	Test # 1406
A Kumble	41.3	8	98	6	2.36	India	2	v Australia	Bengaluru	25 Mar 1998	Test # 1413
AG Huckle	40.4	10	109	6	2.68	Zimbabwe	2	v New Zealand	Bulawayo	25 Sep 1997	Test # 1379
RR Singh	5.0	-	22	5	4.40	India	1	v Sri Lanka	Guwahati	22 Dec 1997	ODI # 1267
M Muralidaran	29.0	18	23	5	0.79	Sri Lanka	2	v Zimbabwe	Kandy	7 Jan 1998	Test # 1394
J Srinath	10.0	4	23	5	2.30	India	1	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	10 Jan 1998	ODI # 1271
M Muralidaran	9.2	-	23	5	2.46	Sri Lanka	2	v Pakistan	Benoni	15 Apr 1998	ODI # 1317
L Klusener	7.1	-	24	5	3.34	South Africa	2	v Australia	Melbourne	9 Dec 1997	ODI # 1257
CEL Ambrose	15.4	5	25	5	1.59	West Indies	2	v England	Port of Spain	13 Feb 1998	Test # 1399
L Klusener	7.1	1	25	5	3.48	South Africa	1	v Pakistan	Cape Town	23 Apr 1998	ODI # 1326
MS Kasprowicz	18.0	5	28	5	1.55	Australia	3	v India	Bengaluru	25 Mar 1998	Test # 1413
GD McGrath	17.0	6	32	5	1.88	Australia	4	v New Zealand	Brisbane	7 Nov 1997	Test # 1383
SR Tendulkar	10.0	1	32	5	3.20	India	2	v Australia	Kochi	1 Apr 1998	ODI # 1300
AY Karim	10.0	2	33	5	3.30	Kenya	2	v Bangladesh	Nairobi (Gym)	10 Oct 1997	ODI # 1239
Mushtaq Ahmed	18.3	7	35	5	1.89	Pakistan	1	v West Indies	Peshawar	17 Nov 1997	Test # 1384
SM Pollock	11.0	1	37	5	3.36	South Africa	4	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	24 Oct 1997	Test # 1382
SH Cook	10.2	3	39	5	3.77	Australia	3	v New Zealand	W.A.C.A	20 Nov 1997	Test # 1386
SB O'Connor	10.0	-	39	5	3.90	New Zealand	1	v Zimbabwe	Wellington	6 Feb 1998	ODI # 1289
ARC Fraser	20.4	8	40	5	1.93	England	1	v West Indies	Port of Spain	13 Feb 1998	Test # 1399
CL Cairns	7.4	-	42	5	5.47	New Zealand	1	v Australia	Napier	12 Feb 1998	ODI # 1292
Shoaib Akhtar	12.0	1	43	5	3.58	Pakistan	2	v South Africa	Durban	26 Feb 1998	Test # 1403
CL Cairns	28.1	9	50	5	1.77	New Zealand	1	v Zimbabwe	Harare	18 Sep 1997	Test # 1378
CEL Ambrose	19.5	3	52	5	2.62	West Indies	3	v England	Port of Spain	5 Feb 1998	Test # 1398
Saqlain Mushtaq	24.0	6	54	5	2.25	Pakistan	1	v West Indies	Karachi	6 Dec 1997	Test # 1391
AA Donald	13.3	2	54	5	4.00	South Africa	3	v Sri Lanka	Centurion	27 Mar 1998	Test # 1414
HDPK Dharmasena	12.4	-	57	5	4.50	Sri Lanka	3	v India	Wankhede	3 Dec 1997	Test # 1390
A Kumble	31.0	10	62	5	2.00	India	3	v Australia	Eden Gardens	18 Mar 1998	Test # 1409
M Muralidaran	30.0	8	63	5	2.10	Sri Lanka	2	v South Africa	Centurion	27 Mar 1998	Test # 1414
AR Caddick	22.0	7	67	5	3.04	England	1	v West Indies	Port of Spain	13 Feb 1998	Test # 1399
Mushtaq Ahmed	23.0	5	71	5	3.08	Pakistan	3	v West Indies	Peshawar	17 Nov 1997	Test # 1384
SK Warne	32.1	8	75	5	2.33	Australia	1	v South Africa	Sydney	2 Jan 1998	Test # 1393
CA Walsh	32.0	9	78	5	2.43	West Indies	2	v Pakistan	Peshawar	17 Nov 1997	Test # 1384
AA Donald	19.2	4	79	5	4.08	South Africa	1	v Pakistan	Durban	26 Feb 1998	Test # 1403
CL Hooper	37.5	7	80	5	2.11	West Indies	1	v England	Bridgetown	12 Mar 1998	Test # 1407
SK Warne	28.0	6	88	5	3.14	Australia	4	v New Zealand	Hobart	27 Nov 1997	Test # 1388
Waqar Younis	28.2	4	106	5	3.74	Pakistan	1	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	14 Mar 1998	Test # 1408
M Dillon	29.4	4	111	5	3.74	West Indies	2	v Pakistan	Karachi	6 Dec 1997	Test # 1391
KR Pushpakumara	32.0	3	122	5	3.81	Sri Lanka	1	v India	Nagpur	26 Nov 1997	Test # 1387
Saqlain Mushtaq	62.0	13	129	5	2.08	Pakistan	2	v South Africa	Rawalpindi	6 Oct 1997	Test # 1380
CA Walsh	43.1	6	143	5	3.31	West Indies	2	v Pakistan	Rawalpindi	29 Nov 1997	Test # 1389
AG Huckle	32.0	2	146	5	4.56	Zimbabwe	4	v New Zealand	Bulawayo	25 Sep 1997	Test # 1379
MA Suji	10.0	1	24	4	2.40	Kenya	1	v Bangladesh	Nairobi (Aga)	15 Oct 1997	ODI # 1243
SB Doull	8.0	1	25	4	3.12	New Zealand	2	v Australia	Auckland	14 Feb 1998	ODI # 1293
Saqlain Mushtaq	19.0	9	26	4	1.36	Pakistan	3	v West Indies	Karachi	6 Dec 1997	Test # 1391
Saqlain Mushtaq	10.0	1	26	4	2.60	Pakistan	1	v England	Sharjah	15 Dec 1997	ODI # 1263
AA Donald	15.0	4	27	4	1.80	South Africa	4	v Pakistan	Gqeberha	6 Mar 1998	Test # 1406
PL Symcox	10.0	1	28	4	2.80	South Africa	2	v Australia	Sydney	4 Dec 1997	ODI # 1254
DW Fleming	9.4	1	28	4	2.89	Australia	1	v New Zealand	Sharjah	18 Apr 1998	ODI # 1320
Aaqib Javed	8.0	-	29	4	3.62	Pakistan	1	v India	Hyderabad (Sind)	28 Sep 1997	ODI # 1233
AA Donald	9.2	-	29	4	3.10	South Africa	1	v Australia	W.A.C.A	18 Jan 1998	ODI # 1280
D Ramnarine	17.0	5	29	4	1.70	West Indies	1	v England	St John's	20 Mar 1998	Test # 1411
UDU Chandana	7.4	-	31	4	4.04	Sri Lanka	1	v Zimbabwe	Colombo (SSC)	22 Jan 1998	ODI # 1282
Wasim Akram	8.0	-	33	4	4.12	Pakistan	1	v South Africa	Lahore	2 Nov 1997	ODI # 1248
Mohammad Hussain	10.0	1	33	4	3.30	Pakistan	1	v India	Dhaka	16 Jan 1998	ODI # 1277
SB Doull	20.0	6	35	4	1.75	New Zealand	1	v Zimbabwe	Auckland	26 Feb 1998	Test # 1402
AB Agarkar	10.0	2	35	4	3.50	India	2	v New Zealand	Sharjah	17 Apr 1998	ODI # 1319
CL Hooper	8.2	-	37	4	4.44	West Indies	2	v India	Sharjah	16 Dec 1997	ODI # 1264
CEL Ambrose	14.1	3	38	4	2.68	West Indies	4	v England	Georgetown	27 Feb 1998	Test # 1404
DJ Nash	10.0	1	38	4	3.80	New Zealand	1	v India	Sharjah	17 Apr 1998	ODI # 1319
CL Cairns	10.0	3	40	4	4.00	New Zealand	2	v Australia	Melbourne	17 Dec 1997	ODI # 1265
ARC Fraser	25.3	11	40	4	1.56	England	3	v West Indies	Port of Spain	13 Feb 1998	Test # 1399
SR Waugh	9.0	-	40	4	4.44	Australia	2	v India	Sharjah	19 Apr 1998	ODI # 1322
Saqlain Mushtaq	8.0	-	41	4	5.12	Pakistan	1	v India	Dhaka	11 Jan 1998	ODI # 1273
Wasim Akram	16.0	6	42	4	2.62	Pakistan	1	v South Africa	Faisalabad	24 Oct 1997	Test # 1382
Wasim Akram	14.0	5	42	4	3.00	Pakistan	3	v West Indies	Rawalpindi	29 Nov 1997	Test # 1389
Wasim Akram	16.4	7	42	4	2.52	Pakistan	3	v West Indies	Karachi	6 Dec 1997	Test # 1391
AA Donald	10.0	1	43	4	4.30	South Africa	2	v New Zealand	Brisbane	9 Jan 1998	ODI # 1270
R Telemachus	10.0	-	43	4	4.30	South Africa	2	v Sri Lanka	Johannesburg	5 Apr 1998	ODI # 1306
Wasim Akram	9.4	1	43	4	4.44	Pakistan	1	v Sri Lanka	Benoni	15 Apr 1998	ODI # 1317
MV Fleming	9.3	-	45	4	4.73	England	2	v India	Sharjah	11 Dec 1997	ODI # 1259
PA de Silva	7.5	-	45	4	5.74	Sri Lanka	1	v Pakistan	Paarl	9 Apr 1998	ODI # 1312
A Kumble	22.5	7	46	4	2.01	India	4	v Australia	Chennai	6 Mar 1998	Test # 1405
AB Agarkar	10.0	-	46	4	4.60	India	1	v Australia	Kanpur	7 Apr 1998	ODI # 1308
AA Donald	13.0	3	47	4	3.61	South Africa	2	v Pakistan	Gqeberha	6 Mar 1998	Test # 1406
Waqar Younis	20.0	8	47	4	2.35	Pakistan	1	v Zimbabwe	Harare	21 Mar 1998	Test # 1412
RK Chauhan	34.0	13	48	4	1.41	India	2	v Sri Lanka	Wankhede	3 Dec 1997	Test # 1390
SM Pollock	10.0	2	49	4	4.90	South Africa	2	v Pakistan	Lahore	2 Nov 1997	ODI # 1248
DL Vettori	10.0	-	49	4	4.90	New Zealand	2	v Zimbabwe	Hamilton	4 Feb 1998	ODI # 1288
Manzoor Akhtar	10.0	-	50	4	5.00	Pakistan	1	v England	Sharjah	15 Dec 1997	ODI # 1263
SB Doull	19.4	5	50	4	2.54	New Zealand	3	v Zimbabwe	Auckland	26 Feb 1998	Test # 1402
SB O'Connor	9.5	-	51	4	5.18	New Zealand	1	v Australia	Sydney	14 Jan 1998	ODI # 1275
SB O'Connor	18.3	7	52	4	2.81	New Zealand	1	v Zimbabwe	Wellington	19 Feb 1998	Test # 1401
Azhar Mahmood	20.5	7	53	4	2.54	Pakistan	1	v West Indies	Rawalpindi	29 Nov 1997	Test # 1389
ST Jayasuriya	33.0	7	53	4	1.60	Sri Lanka	3	v South Africa	Cape Town	19 Mar 1998	Test # 1410
PA Strang	18.1	-	54	4	2.97	Zimbabwe	2	v New Zealand	Auckland	26 Feb 1998	Test # 1402
Waqar Younis	17.4	4	55	4	3.11	Pakistan	3	v South Africa	Gqeberha	6 Mar 1998	Test # 1406
CL Cairns	24.3	4	56	4	2.28	New Zealand	3	v Zimbabwe	Wellington	19 Feb 1998	Test # 1401
Mushtaq Ahmed	22.0	6	57	4	2.59	Pakistan	3	v South Africa	Faisalabad	24 Oct 1997	Test # 1382
GJ Whittall	27.0	9	63	4	2.33	Zimbabwe	2	v Pakistan	Bulawayo	14 Mar 1998	Test # 1408
Wasim Akram	23.2	5	65	4	2.78	Pakistan	3	v West Indies	Peshawar	17 Nov 1997	Test # 1384

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